I got phished on Facebook. Then shut the scam site down and reclaimed my data.

Google finally caught up with the phishing site being sent through Facebook Messenger and warned future visitors of visiting the page.

One afternoon towards the end of November 2023 I was recovering from my first ever bout of Covid-19, and was swiftly following it up with a bout of pneumonia. Suffice to say, I was was not the sharpest tool in the toolbox that day.

As I lay prone on the sofa, my phone pinged a new alert from Facebook, telling me I’d received a new…